Girls' name · since 1992
Faria
Faria has 202 recorded births since 1992 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2009 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #19,702 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 202
- born since 1992
- 2000s
- peak decade
Faria sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 202 recorded since 1992.
Faria has 202 recorded births among girls since 1992, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1992 to 2024.
- #19,702 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 202 born since 1992
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Faria ranks #19,702 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 202 born since 1992, peaking in the 2000s.
- #19,702 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 202
- born since 1992
- 2000s
- peak decade
Faria's 202 recorded births place it above 72.7% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by New York.
Faria's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Faria's full recorded timeline at 2008, 53% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 47% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1992, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2009 peak of 14 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Faria popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1992–2024
- Peak year (2009)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 33 years of records
Faria by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (84 births, 42% of the file).
2000s was Faria's strongest decade.
84 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 42% of all-time use.
Faria births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 30
1990s
30 births
- 2000s
2000s
84 births
- 2010s
2010s
76 births
- 2020s 12
2020s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 84 births (42% of all-time use).
Faria by state
Where Faria concentrates geographically, total births since 1992
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 18 | 8.9% |
18 of 202 births nationwide.
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What to do with Faria's data
- Faria's decade-level peak was the 2000s (84 total births); usage has since declined to 12 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Farias (18 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Faria: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2009)
Similar record span (~32 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1992–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Faria draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.